Here are some examples of Chinese initiatives voluntarily modifying their sound environment, for obviously various purposes: 1) News Stand calling machine, omnipresent in Beijing Streets; 2) Countryside type never-ending oldie, in the Pacific Center restrooms in the Sanlitun area, Beijing; 3) Past Shanghai Soundscape representation, at the Shanghai Municipal Museum of History; 4) Looping park interpretation in English, by a machine, in JingShan Park, Beijing (a few paces North of the Forbidden City).